But I would probably name the 22 January 1993 show at Wagga – of all places – as my choice memory. Selecting the best time I saw these two on the same stage is a tough decision. For a time Pete had Mick on guitar in his line-up, along with long time Rosie Tatts drummer Paul DeMarco ! What a killer line-up ! What I’d give to see them one more time. His slide guitar sound, Lucy’s rollicking piano and spirited harmony vocals – man I thought those days would last forever. I remember sitting on milk crates with him and his partner Lucy DeSoto, chatting and drinking beer, after a gig at the Manly Boatshed in 1992. Pete was always giving of his time and was always kind enough to chat with me. Also, residencies at the Hopetoun Hotel in Surry Hills spring to mind, as does the Brittania Hotel in Chippendale.

I saw him do a residency at the Northpoint Tavern in North Sydney for many Tuesday’s throughout the winter of 1993.

Kilda in 1991 with the thunderous Warwick Fraser on drums (Billy Thorpe – in Australia at that time was also in attendance). I saw him play with Mick in the band Heart Attack in the late 80’s, I saw him play at the Espy in St. Pete was an original, the pioneer of the bad bay tattooed rock n roll outlaw that was shamelessly ripped off by Guns n Roses and other Sunset Strip wannabe posers in the late 80’s. I was fortunate to see Pete dozens of times in the late 1980’s and early 90’s, and those memories will live with me. Their contributions to rock n roll are immense and it is important that the memories of Cocksy and Wellsy live on. I have many great memories of seeing the Tatts over the years, and Pete and Mick in other incarnations as well. The much-missed Peter Wells and Mick Cocksįor the uneducated, Peter Wells and Mick Cocks were the twin guitar attack for Rose Tattoo.

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